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sombre









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Easter celebrations are shaping up to be sombre for Christians in the Middle East.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The country's main television channel has this week broadcast songs with sombre melodies and published a photo of Rakhmon on a black background with the quote, "the man of the Sun Dynasty."

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

There was a sombre atmosphere on the court, with the crowd applauding sympathetically as Jones limped off with a towel covering her head.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Laschet added, in a sombre opening speech: "If Europe is not competitive economically it will not, in the long-term, have the financial basis, the technological basis, the industrial basis to guarantee its security."

From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026

Overhead there hung a heavy roof, sombre and featureless, and light seemed rather to be failing than growing.'

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien